Olney High School - Olnette Yearbook (Northwood, OH)

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CLASS WILL We, the graduating class of 1946, do hereby declare this document as our last will and testament: To Bob King, Jack Brunt leaves his size and muscles because Jack doesn't use them anyway. To Mary Ann Mauder, Violet Koluch leaves her ability to charm the boys. To Ruthie Dunmyer, Millie Bartosek leaves her ability to be about the snappiest looker in her class. To Mary Swartz, Mary Rideout leaves her title of the fastest typist. To Pat Stanger, Viola Wasserman leaves her ability to think about dancing continuously. To Ed Weiland, Dean leaves his ability to speak well in front of a large group. To Olis Sutter, Rudy Hirzel leaves his ability to talk about girls but never be seen with one. To Dale Ellis, Jack Bieber leaves his ability to get married early. To Gerry Ruch, Bobwliurfis leaves his ability on the clarinet. To Bruce Reimer, Floyd Weiland leaves his ability at basketball. To Bill Moulton, Lorin Mohn and Tom Selmek leave their titles of Casanova. To Virginia Woicinski, Rosie Marcinek and Mary Ann Dacey leave their volume of noise acquired at cheerleading. To Howard Adkins, Mel Richardson leaves his ability to get young women home after 2 A. M. To Barbara Balusik, Betty Skidmore and Willana Ruckman leave their extra pounds in the hope that Barbara uses them. To Pat Allred, Angela Wasserman leaves her sweet personality and popularity. To Pat Nagy, Margaret McLaughlin and Beatrice Eckert leave their ability to look intelligently at all times. To Phyllis Felhaber, June Spencer leaves her ability to be popular without having a bad reputation. To Betty Taylor, Mary Stumbo and Mary Meadows leave their ability to become engaged before graduating. To Bob Ames, Keith Cramer leaves his scholastic record in the hopes that it will help Bob more than it helped him. To the boys, Frank Marcinek leaves his knowledge of the Army in the hope they never use it. To the girls, Helen Good leaves her ability to miss school and still get an excused absence. To anyone who wants it, Ronald Black leaves his editorship of the annual. The Senior class leaves to the school CU 56 wads of gum in study hall I, C25 25 wads of gum in study hall ll, C21 35 scratches in corner of gym floor. The Senior class leaves to the faculty of Lark and Olney memories of a class that was low in effort and even lower in conduct. We, the class of 1946, in order to prohibit any murders, riots or deaths during the execution of this famous, world-wide will, do ordain and appoint J. C. Loudenslager to execute it. CSignedJ RUDY HIRZEL, President. JUNE SPENCER, Secretary. 19

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I I I I I I I SENIOR CLASS HISTORY K Looking back at the days when we were only seventh graders and mere children, as some people would have called us then, we begin to remember the exciting events that occurred and the adventurous things we did. ln the latter part of nineteen hundred and forty, and the first of nineteen hundred and forty-four, we felt sophisticated, being in junior high. How would we have felt being seniors? Then came September of nineteen' hundred and forty-one. Once more we reentered school. Each year led us to the top of the stairs of school and on to the stairs of life. We were now eighth graders with a class of fifty-six, two more than the previous year. We were excited this year, not only because it meant we would graduate from junior high, but also because the time had come when we started thinking of what course we wanted to follow and to what goal we would strive. Yes, some of us did select those subjects which we thought would be fun and easy for us, but then some of us, who planned on being doctors, nurses, secretaries, elec- tricians, farmers, and salesmen tried to select those subjects that would help us in our future professions. The evening of May 22, I942, the same evening when the class of '42 graduated, we received our eighth grade graduation certificates. As Mr. Loudenslager was distributing the certificates he made a statement which we were unable to forget. He said, I wonder how many from this class of fifty-six will be here at this school to graduate in the year 'l946. Had he looked into the Book of the Future? As time passed on we soon became Juniors, a class of thirty-two. During this year our versions of school had changed. We notzonly thought of it as a place we had to go in order to learn something, but also a place where we could enjoy ourselves and have loads of fun. On the evening of April 9, 1945, we presented the play, What a Life, starring Violet Koluch as Miss Shea, Mel Richardson as Mr. Nelson, Keith Cramer as Mr. Bradley, Bob Kurfis as Henry, Millie Bartosek as Barbara, Henry's girl, Jack Bieber as Bill, Rosie Marcinek as Miss Wheeler, Willanna Ruchman as Mrs. Aldridge, Mary Rideout as Miss Eggles- ton, Beatrice Eckert as Miss Pike, Dean Schultz as Mr. Ferguson, Viola Wasserman as Mary Deeter, Tom Selmek as Mr. Vacheto, and Mary Stumbo as Miss Johnson. With the money made from this play, plus the amount received from our Junior Jitneys and Ju tior .luke Jumps, we were able to give the Seniors lclass of '45I a nice Banquet and Prom, held in the main ballroom of the Secor Hotel. Then came the day when we became Seniors with only a class of twenty-seven. In December of the same year, Frank Marcinek, after serving two years in the U. S. Army, returned to school to complete his high school education, thus making our class of this school twenty-eight. Some had to quit and go to work, others married, and still others went to different schools, or joined the Armed Forces. Chuck Moom and Don Griffith, two of our best basketball and baseball players, left us last year and joined the Service. Chuck is now serving in the U. S. Marines. We were terribly sorry to see them go but they wanted to do all they could to help win the war and we could do nothing to change their minds. Naomi Edwards quit after her Sophomore year. She is now Mrs. J. Bruschaber. Albert Hall is now attending Scott High. He al,o left us after his Sophomore year. Elsie Hazel, the pretty blonde, left after her Sophomore year. She is now working at Grant's. Bob Healy, who also left after his Sophomore year, is attending Clay High. Josephine Hornik left after her Sophomore year and went to Waite High. The latter part of I945, her family moved to Owasso, Michigan, where she wfll complete her Senior year. Gladys Schreiber quit after her Sophomore year and is now working at the City Cleaners. Ruth Keplinger and Hilda Kuebler left us after graduation from the eighth grade. Hilda graduated from Waite High last year. Betty Latta quit at the end of her Junior year. We were sorry she was unable to return this year. Betty Young and Pat Robarge left after their Freshman year. Pat is now attending Waite High. Dick Schutt left us after his Sophomore year and is now in the State Guards and attends Woodville High. ' There are only a few whom we are unable to mention. Now as our Senior year draws to an end, we begin to feel sorry that this is our last year. We have thus reached the top of the stairs of school life. We shall always remember the splendid teachers we have had and the fun we have had in the past six years. JUNE SPENCER. I8

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PROPHECY-THE SENIORS OF 1946 IN 1956 About eight years ago the old Olney School building, which was located on the north side of Wood- ville road, fell into a mass of ruins and in its place was erected the new Olney School, at the corner of Airport and Eggleston roads. Now these ruins were very interesting and were often visited by the curious. One day, an archaeologist, one Robert Kurfis, was digging among the ruins and struck upon a large concrete body. He began to unearth it and when he attempted to pry it from the ground, one end broke off and revealed to his astonished gaze, two human feet. He raised this obiect from the ground, in spite of his great terror. ' Just as it came to the surface it broke into several pieces and there, enclosed in this concrete mass, he beheld a mummy wrapped in an immense blue and gold banner with Olney High written across it and tied with blue and gold ribbon. The mummy arose, gasping for its newly found breath. The archaeologist became too terrified to stand up, and dropped upon a stone nearby. Don't be frightened, said the mummy in weird tones. 'I am the ghost of a renowned fortune teller. I am going to predict to you the future of the class of 1946. There are twenty-eight of you--sixteen girls and twelve boys. Behold! The stars foretell your class in 1956. 1. Violet Koluch is about to graduate from the student nurses' school. 2. Rosie Marcinek is hunting - for a husband. ' 3. Millie Bartosek is milking cows for a local dairy. 4. Floyd Weiland is raising preserved turnips. 5. Rudy Hirzel is also on the farm, still raising cane. 6. Mary Ann Dacey is a lady politician. 7. Jack Brunt is studying to be an electrician. He has gotten to the stage where he can replace burnt- out light bulbs now. 8. Angela and Viola Wasserman are holding down the farm - so it doesnit blow away. 9. .lack Bieber is an old married man now. 10. Mary Rideout is a designer of doll dresses. 11. Mel Richardson is a musician-he plays the radio. 12. Mary Meadows is the traditional old maid. . 13. Mary Stumbo works in the Commodore Perry. She scrubs floors. 14. June Spencer is doing fine as a nurse in a small animal hospital. 15. Tom Selmek is still breaking his back at the mill. 16. Lorin Mohn is a welder in the shipyards. He makes rowboats. 17. Willanna Ruckman is touring with the USO. 18. Bob Kurfis makes a good horse doctor. 19. Betty Skidmore stays home all the time with her family. 20. Bea Eckert is still going with AI Hall. 21. Margaret McLaughlin is a gemoIogist hunting for a diamond. 22. Ron Black is a guest at the MSHFTT CMissouri State Home for the Talll. 23. Helen Good has a good iob. She blows up blimps. 24. Keith Cramer is an end-guard for Ohio State football team. He sits on the end of the Dench and guards the water pail. 25. Frank Marcinek is a carpenter. He is always making a bolt for the door. 26. Dean Schultz is a mechanic specializing in 1932 DeSotos. 27. Delores Tippey is keeping her figure young and shapely by skating at the Roller-cade. ROBERT KURFIS. 20